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Debt collecting notice of listing
Whether you have a small business and use credit to finance your company or offer this service to your customers or if are just a personal consumer, you need to know what the rules and procedures are if you should neglect to pay off one or more of your debts or if a client should fail to do so.It is essential to know that correct ways to enact this notice if you want to avoid costly audits and investigations and even more harmful bad press and lawsuits.Your accounts receivable department should be sure to follow these practices to protect you and your company from lawsuits and other damaging accusations.
All collection agencies are required by law to send out a Notice of Listing when they receive an account due for collection.The notice of listing is basically a warning that a creditor intends to put an account into default and allow a collection agency to take the necessary actions involving credit reports to collect the financial obligation and to make sure that if possible it is repaid to the owner of the debt.It is intended to inform the debtor of the intent to collect a debt and that any information associated with it can be used for the same purpose.If you indicate in you r notice of listing that the debt is going to be placed on the list of a collection agency and that you are going to place the account or item on the debtor's credit report, it is required that you give them 30 days to respond before you take the action of actually posting it on the report.The debtor is allowed to dispute the debt within the 30 days required. As a business owner it is important to stay within the limits of the law, and although it is a good practice to be kind to customers, business is business and if they don't pay what has been promised it is also essential to protect yourself from future problems.If a customer can't pay you a debt it is also unreasonable to think they would pay one to another business or to you at any time in the future.The notice of listing helps protect you and other business as well.It is important not to overstep your bounds as a creditor.You are not legally responsible or allowed to take matters into your own hands to collect debts owed to you.Trying to force clients to pay you may lead to more problems that just not being able to collect the debt.You are allowed to ask for the debt to be paid in full but cannot demand that it happen.This is the responsibility of the collection agency that is responsible for the account.However, you can tell the client that the debt will go onto his credit report after the 30 days have past and that it will affect his ability to borrow in the future. Make sure that you are doing your job to ensure the safety of your business.Sometimes this means that you must wait for other companies, like a collection agency, to take the time and do their jobs too.Be patient with the process and make sure you know what your abilities and rights are and you will be better prepared to face the challenges ahead.
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